[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 16449] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-8256] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-6318-6] Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request for Applications in the ``Supersites'' Program
Agency
Environmental Protection Agency.
Action
Notice of request for Applications.
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Summary
This notice provides information on the availability of a fiscal year 1999 investigator-initiated grants solicitation for a Particulate Matter (PM) ``Supersites'' monitoring program. The areas of research interest, eligibility and submission requirements, evaluation criteria, and implementation schedules are set forth in the announcement. Cooperative agreement grants will be competitively awarded following peer review. This competition is jointly announced by the Office of Air and Radiation and the Office of Research and Development. A discussion of the program will take place on June 7, 1999, in Durham, NC.
Dates
The receipt date for applications is Wednesday, August 4, 1999, by 4:00 p.m. EDT.
For Further Information Contact
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance (8703R), 401 M Street SW, Washington DC 20460, telephone (800) 490- 9194. The complete announcement can be accessed on the Internet from the EPA home page: www.epa.gov/ncerqa under ``announcements.''
www.epa.gov/ncerqaSupplementary Information
In this Request for Applications (RFA) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Air and Radiation and Office of Research and Development, invites research cooperative agreement applications to support development of a ``Particulate Matter Supersites'' monitoring program that will provide information of value to the atmospheric sciences, human health, and human exposure research communities. The PM Supersites Program will be implemented through individual projects in as many as five study areas of the United States. Each of these individual projects will be an ambient atmospheric measurement study which is designed to address and integrate objectives of the atmospheric sciences, health, and exposure research communities. Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, August 4, 1999. The RFA provides relevant background information, summarizes EPA's interest in the topic areas, and describes the application and review process. To foster interaction among potential applicants across a spectrum of scientific disciplines, EPA has organized a discussion session on the evening of June 7, 1999, at the Durham Marriott at the Civic Center, in Durham, NC. Further information about this meeting is posted on the EPA web site: www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/supsites.html. Contact person for technical questions related to the program is Richard D. Scheffe (scheffe.richard@epa.gov), telephone 919-541-4650, and administrative questions is Robert E. Menzer (menzer.robert@epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6849.
Dated: March 16, 1999.
Approved for publication: Henry L. Longest II, Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development. [FR Doc. 99-8256 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P